Hour-long series that follows homicide detectives from around the country as they race against time to solve mysterious and harrowing murders before the first 48 hours expire, before the cases turn cold. Prod. Co: Granada USA for A&E Network. Executive Producers, A&E: Laura Fleury, Nancy Dubuc. Executive Producer, Granada USA: Charles Tremayne. Supervising Producer, Granada USA: John X. Kim.

Cast: Russell Hornsby, Robert Adamson, James Black, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Michael Reilly Burke, Greg Davis Jr., Erica Hubbard, Nicki Micheaux, Blake Neitzel, Mishon Ratliff. An ambitious police officer decides to move his wife and three kids to the dangerous inner-city neighborhood where he was raised in the hopes of cleaning it up and making a difference in the lives of the community. Prod. Co: ABC Family. Casting: Elizabeth Boykewich, Barbara Stordahl, Angela Terry.

Cast: Genevieve Cortese, Micah Alberti, Andrew Hoeft, James Read, Greg Serano, Ryan Sypek, Nicole Tubiola, Nana Visitor. Drama series that follows eighteen-year-old Kris Furillo, who after serving time at a teen detention center, is given the chance to start a new life and show her amazing ability with horses. 13 episode order. Prod. Co: Lions Gate Television in association with Piller2 and The Segan Company. Executive Producers: Michael Piller, Lloyd Segan. Casting: Elizabeth Boykewich, ABC Family Series Casting.

Hosts: Peter Bart, Peter Guber. Bart and Guber provide informed and spirited perspectives on the winners and losers at the box-office, the fortunes of the stars and studios and the emerging trends that are forever reshaping the business of entertainment. Prod. Co: Scott Sternberg Productions.

Movies 101

Host: Professor Richard Brown. Based on a popular course taught by Professor Richard Brown, Movies 101 features interviews with guests from Hollywood's most acclaimed talent roster. During season one Professor Richard Brown interviewed an array of today's biggest names in film including George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Scorsese, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Connelly and Willem Dafoe. Prod. Co: City Lights Media.

The series reveals the tricks and trades of making the hottest videos performed by hip-hop and rap artists. Prod. Co: BET.

American Gangster

From the infamous Chambers Brothers of Detroit to the dangerous Nicky Barnes of Harlem, BET will chronicle the country's most powerful Black gangsters past and present through the eyes of the criminals and their victims.

Coverage of the latest entertainment news and high profile lifestyles gets a fresh look as BET delivers the full range of Black experiences from the Detroit Hair Show to the NBA All-Star Game to the Oakland Players Ball.

Black Book Diaries

Tastes for the "grown-and-sexy" side of life can find romance and passion in this new BET late-night anthology series for adults.

Cast: Ray, Will, Rodney, Arlando, Anya, Bianca, Audrina, Dierdra. Reality program that follows the life of eight Virginia State University college students. Prod. Co: Edmonds Entertainment and BET.

DMX: Soul of a Man

Hardcore rap impresario DMX lives life on the edge . . . at least most of the time. BET will reveal sides to DMX rarely seen, from a caring and concerned father to the friendly neighborhood taxpayer in the tiny town of Carefree, Arizona, where DMX spends much of his down time.

Hot Girls

Fashion, style and beauty will abound in this trend-setting show that will touch the minds, bodies and souls of women everywhere.

Hotwyred

High-tech toys and multi-media gadgets are part of an all-new BET show guiding viewers to the hottest music downloads, websites, ring tones and video games.

Iron Ring

The hard-hitting sport of Ultimate Fighting takes on a whole new flavor as these celebrity-managed human gladiators battle it out on BET.

Fresh off a national collegiate football championship for the Texas Longhorns, NFL rookie-to-be Vince Young prepares to take his game and life to the next level, and BET will follow his competitive journey.

Host: Celebrities. Artist selects preferred videos that are counted down in groups of five. The show's host often explores Major cities and other exotic clubs and locations of interest between video segments. Prod. Co: BET.

Uncut

One-hour series that gives the late night crowd a chance to see many videos "unsanitized" and as they were originally intended. Videos intended for mature audiences only. Prod. Co: BET, at BET Studios, New York, NY. Producer: Susan John-Baptiste.

Cast: Abigail Spencer. From the producers of the Oscar-winning movie Crash, comes the hour-long drama centering on Angela Henson, a young FBI agent who has the exceptional gift of knowing when someone is lying. Prod. Co: The Cleary Company and Bull's Eyes Entertainment in association with NBC Universal Television Studio. Executive Producers: Dan McDermott, Scott Shepard, Tom Nunan, Cathy Schulman.

The 18th season of television's longest running reality series goes Rocky Mountain high in Denver, Colorado. Prod. Co: Bunim-Murray Productions/MTV. The series is scheduled to premiere in Q4 of '06 and is slated for 24 episodes.

Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

The 3rd season of the hit series returns to grant viewers an all-access pass to the lives, loves, families and friendships of kids in this wealthy beachside paradise. Prod. Co: MTV Networks. Executive Producers: Gary Auerbach, Tony DiSanto, Liz Gateley, Dave Sirulnick.

Half-hour docu-soap that follows supermodel Janice Dickinson as she opens up her own modeling agency in LA and searches for new male and female talent, all while balancing her busy social life and raising two children. Executive in Charge: Alice Dickens.

A dramedy in the vein of Defending Your Life and Wings of Desire in which a group of cynical, flawed souls are trapped in purgatory and must affect positive changes on the living in order to earn their way out. Prod. Co: Hazy Mills Productions. Executive Producers: Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner. Writer: Julia Dahl.

The Butterfly Effect

Based on the 2004 feature film of the same name, about a man who discovers he has the ability to go back in time and change the course of events for himself and others, though not always for the better. Prod. Co: NBC Universal Television Studio in association with FilmEngine and Benderspink. Executive Producers: Anthony Rhulen, AJ Dix, Chris Bender, J.C. Spink.

Caprica

This new series is set over a half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica. Prod. Co.: NBC Universal Studio. Executive Producers: Ronald D. Moore, David Eick.

Based on Heroes Anonymous, the popular comic books, this live-action one-hour series is set in a modern-day big city where superheroes are a part of everyday life. Prod. Co: NBC Universal Television Studio and Bender-Brown Productions. Executive Producers: Lawrence Bender, Kevin Brown, Karl Schaefer.

Persons Unknown

A group of strangers awaken in a deserted town with no memory of how they arrived, only to realize that there is no escape. Prod. Co.: Fox Television Studios/Dave Madden. Executive Producer: Heather McQuarrie.

Raising Demons

Desperate Housewives meets The Twilight Zone in this merging of the life and work of the late, celebrated author Shirley Jackson. This series will reflect Jackson's spirited family life and her transition from urban mom to small-town matriarch. Executive Producer: Michael Douglas.

Updated version of the classic ABC 1966 TV series created by Irwin Allen, where a female scientist and a government agent find themselves trapped in time when an experimental time travel project is sabotaged. Prod. Co: Fox Television Studios/ Synthesis Entertainment. Executive Producers: Kevin Burns, Jon Jashni. Producer: Shelia Allen. Writer: John Turman.

Tomorrow's Child

Horribly burned in an accident, a young girl is brought back to life by new "skin" of extraterrestrial origin. This new flesh gives the girl powers beyond human comprehension, and soon the government is on her trail, looking to make her its next guinea pig. Prod. Co: NBC Universal Television Studio/Horseshoe Bay Productions.

Executive Producer: Gary Foster.

Urban Arcana

Cities across the globe have been invaded by creatures from a parallel world. These beings have crossed through a portal into the human sphere and don't plan to obey the laws of the land. Undercover detective Sean Mayhew must protect the human population from the influx of these chameleon-like, mythological creatures. Urban Arcana is based on a Hasbro/Worlds of Wonder role playing game. Prod. Co: Fox Television Studios. Executive Producers: Gary A. Randall, Rockne O'Bannon. Writer: Aron Coleite.

Warehouse 13

After bungling a government case, a federal forensic accountant and an assistant U.S. attorney are banished to Warehouse 13, a storage facility in nowhere North Dakota, where they must spend their days cataloguing thousands of artifacts, relics and other odd detritus collected by our government over the centuries. They quickly discover that each strange item has a story...and often the stories involve the supernatural, the extra-terrestrial, the fantastic and/or the downright bizarre. Prod. Co: NBC Universal Television Studio. Executive Producer: Ronald D. Moore. Writer: D. Brent Mote.

What If

Based on the best-selling series of anthologies from American Historical Publications, Inc., this one-hour speculative series dramatizes the question at the core of all SCI FI Channel programming: "What if?" Each week's show will explore intriguing "what if" scenarios and their impact on society at large.

Cast: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Tommy Caffee, Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, Stivi Paskoski and Fionnula Flanagan. Prod. Co: Mandalay Television. Executive Producers: Blake Masters, Elizabeth Stephen. Set in an Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island known as "The Hill," with the world of politicians and mob bosses, this new series looks at how gray good and evil can be. Twelve episodes, including the pilot, have been ordered. To premiere tentatively in 2006.

Spike TV's acclaimed original comedic series, is described as a wacky combination of Fear Factor, Jackass, Iron Chef, with a touch of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Using the actual footage from one of the most popular primetime Japanese reality game shows, Takeshi's Castle, MXC is re-written to create an entirely new comedic storyline. The series is not dubbed and there is not a single trace of literal translation from the original show.

The program spotlights new music by both up-and-coming artists and established acts returning to the scene. Prod. Co: VH1 Television.

Heavy: The Story of Metal (title tbd)

Four-part documentary that traces the evolution of heavy metal music and culture from Black Sabbath to White Zombie, including interviews, verite moments and vintage footage to bring metal's history to life. Prod. Co: VH1 Television.

VH1's popular documentary-style series that looks back at how music reflected and influenced our ideas about politics, money, technology, fashion, the media, drugs, race and sex. This year the franchise branches out to include "I Love Toys."

Prod. Co: VH1 Television.

(inside) out

Documentary series that features an artist or celebrity as they face personal or professional crossroads. Prod. Co: VH1 Television.

Host: Mark Durden-Smith. A group of regular American Janes are sent to England for "Blue Blood Boot Camp" as they compete for an actual royal British title. Prod. Co: Universal TV Enterprises. Executive Producers: Rachel Ashdown, Laura Fuest, Curt Northrup, Jeff Thacker.

Bride vs. Bride

Host: Evan Farmer. Bridal parties compete in a series of wild and hysterical, mental and physical challenges to win a prize for their wedding. Prod. Co: North South Productions. Executive Producer: Mark Hickman.

Bridezillas

Narrator: Mindy Burbano. A behind the scenes look at out of control brides on their way to the altar. Prod. Co: September Films. Executive Producers: Sam Brick, David Green, Mary Pelloni.

John Edward Cross Country

Host: John Edward. John Edward returns with one-hour episodes that have him conducting readings before audiences across the country, then visiting select participants at home, to better understand their readings. Prod. Co: JECO Productions

Secret Lives of Women

A documentary-style series that follows women as they tell their own unique stories of in their own words – everything from eating disorders to life-threatening addictions. Prod. Co: Kaos Entertainment

USA TODAY/WE

Weight Loss Challenge

Six highly motivated individuals are profiled on WE, in USA TODAY and on USATODAY.com, as they make the necessary sacrifices to achieve significant weight-loss. Prod. Co: USA TODAY.